Do not be surprised if this leads TWC to go from a cable distribution to a digital subchannel.

Highly doubtful. Also the sale has already been finalized; it's no longer NBC's. I can't see there being a whole lot of changes in the interim, although it's interesting they note they want to incorporate more live programming. We'll have to see.

At least the channel itself will soon be off the hands of the NBCUniversal/Blackstone/Bain consortium. Will we see some improvements like the return of live 24/7 weather?

I wonder how this will affect the coverage of global warming? When it was NBC alone, they were really in-your-face about it. After all, General Electric (parent company of NBC) is HEAVILY invested in so-called "green" energy, so it only makes sense that they'd use the outlet to indirectly promote their products. The news division of NBC was always more than happy to comply for political reasons.

Since TWC is no longer partly owned by NBCUniversal, I wonder who they go to for local stories and reporters now? Obviously in the past, we'd always see stories, video footage, feeds, etc. solely from NBC stations. I'm just curious how this works now that it doesn't just have to be NBC.

Since TWC is no longer partly owned by NBCUniversal, I wonder who they go to for local stories and reporters now? Obviously in the past, we'd always see stories, video footage, feeds, etc. solely from NBC stations. I'm just curious how this works now that it doesn't just have to be NBC.

that's a good question, i bet NBC put a stip in the buyout contract where NBC stations in markets where NBC owns the stations will still bring content to The Weather Channel unless they make a agreement with other companies.

that means if a big weather story happens in the DFW area, TWC would have to get footage from KDFW Fox 4 (owned by Fox), WFAA News 8 (local ABC station that's owned by TEGNA), or KTVT CBS 11 (owned by CBS) or KDAF CW 33 once Sinclair Broadcasting completes the merger with Tribune Media and launches a true news team for KDAF unless KXAS NBC 5 which is NBC owned still has a deal to provide DFW weather coverage for TWC.

Since TWC is no longer partly owned by NBCUniversal, I wonder who they go to for local stories and reporters now? Obviously in the past, we'd always see stories, video footage, feeds, etc. solely from NBC stations. I'm just curious how this works now that it doesn't just have to be NBC.